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Durango School District wants to give students real-world experience

Businesses in Southwest Colorado might be getting more inquiries from Durango High School in the next few months. The school is looking to bolster the number of internships in everything from...

DATE: Dec. 6, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

STATE CHAMPIONS: Durango defense stops Roosevelt to win first title since 1954

The Durango High School football team set out Saturday to do something no team in the history of the school had done before. To get it done, a usually explosive offensive team took on the defensive...

DATE: Dec. 5, 2020 | CATEGORY: High School Sports

Holiday events focus on generosity, tradition

The tradition of Santa Claus and the spirit of giving will continue this holiday season, but with adjustments for pandemic precautions. On Dec. 5, the Stuff the Bus gift donation event for families...

DATE: Dec. 4, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Colorado tree brightens holidays at U.S. Capitol

A towering Engelmann spruce came alive Wednesday night, lighting up the U.S. Capitol after traveling from Colorado to the nation’s capital to become this year’s Capitol Christmas Tree. The lighting...

DATE: Dec. 4, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Walmart in Farmington closes for cleaning

FARMINGTON – A Walmart store in Farmington closed Thursday afternoon to allow a third-party cleaning crew to sanitize the building. The Walmart on East Main Street shut its doors at 2 p.m. and...

DATE: Dec. 4, 2020 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Hickenlooper spent $41M in Senate race, far surpassing Gardner

John Hickenlooper spent $41 million to defeat Republican U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner, emerging as the top spender in the nationally important race, new campaign finance records show. Gardner spent about...

DATE: Dec. 4, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

New Colorado unemployment claims double under COVID restrictions

The number of newly out-of-work Coloradans has tripled since new COVID restrictions went into effect in mid-November. More than 32,000 workers filed a claim for regular benefits in the two weeks...

DATE: Dec. 4, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Coronavirus vaccine headed to Colorado. Here’s what happens next.

The state Health Department on Friday announced that it has placed its first order with the federal government for coronavirus vaccine — 46,800 doses of Pfizer’s not-yet-approved vaccine. “The...

DATE: Dec. 4, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

‘Intentional discharge’ leads to rare criminal charges in Colorado death of hunter

Harry Watkins and Simon Howell had hunted together for several years in densely timbered, steep terrain outside Kremmling. Watkins, a 52-year-old from Pennsylvania, and Howell, a 26-year-old from...

DATE: Dec. 4, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

New migration maps a tool to help big game in West

CHEYENNE, Wyo. – The life-or-death journey made by mule deer during the second-longest big game migration in North America came down to their ability to squeeze through a fence – a discovery made...

DATE: Dec. 4, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Top That Frozen Yogurt closes, possibly permamently

A controversial yogurt shop in downtown Durango has closed, possibly for good. Owners Ryan Bartholomew and Elissa Beckstead declined to give a phone interview. But in an email to The Durango Herald...

DATE: Dec. 4, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Judge orders law enforcement to stop indoor dining at CJ’s Diner

After ignoring a cease-and-desist order to stop offering indoor dining, a District Court judge on Friday ordered local law enforcement to close CJ’s Diner to in-person dining by “whatever means...

DATE: Dec. 4, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

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